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ArticleJournal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society2018

Histidine-rich glycoprotein-induced vascular normalization improves EPR-mediated drug targeting to and into tumors.

Benjamin Theek, Maike Baues, Felix Gremse, Robert Pola, Michal Pechar, Inka Negwer, Kaloian Koynov, Benjamin Weber, Matthias Barz, Willi Jahnen-Dechent and 3 more

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Article in Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Benjamin TheekDepartment of Nanomedicine and Theranostics, Institute for Experimental Molecular Imaging, RWTH Aachen University Clinic and Helmholtz Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Aachen, Germany; Department of Targeted Therapeutics, Biomaterial Science and Technology, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.
Maike BauesDepartment of Nanomedicine and Theranostics, Institute for Experimental Molecular Imaging, RWTH Aachen University Clinic and Helmholtz Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Aachen, Germany.
Felix GremseDepartment of Nanomedicine and Theranostics, Institute for Experimental Molecular Imaging, RWTH Aachen University Clinic and Helmholtz Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Aachen, Germany.
Robert PolaInstitute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Czech Academy of Science, Prague, Czech Republic.
Michal PecharInstitute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Czech Academy of Science, Prague, Czech Republic.
Inka NegwerMax Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany.
Kaloian KoynovMax Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany.
Benjamin WeberInstitute of Organic Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.
Matthias BarzInstitute of Organic Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.
Willi Jahnen-DechentBiointerface Laboratory, RWTH Aachen University Clinic and Helmholtz Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Aachen, Germany.
Gert StormDepartment of Targeted Therapeutics, Biomaterial Science and Technology, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands; Department of Pharmaceutics, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Fabian KiesslingDepartment of Nanomedicine and Theranostics, Institute for Experimental Molecular Imaging, RWTH Aachen University Clinic and Helmholtz Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Aachen, Germany.
Twan LammersDepartment of Nanomedicine and Theranostics, Institute for Experimental Molecular Imaging, RWTH Aachen University Clinic and Helmholtz Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Aachen, Germany; Department of Targeted Therapeutics, Biomaterial Science and Technology, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands; Department of Pharmaceutics, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands. Electronic address: tlammers@ukaachen.de.
RWTH Aachen University · DECzech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry · CZJohannes Gutenberg University Mainz · DEMax Planck Institute for Polymer Research · DEUniversity of Twente · NLUtrecht University · NL

Funding

European Research Council 309495
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tumors are characterized by leaky blood vessels, and by an abnormal and heterogeneous vascular network. These pathophysiological characteristics contribute to the enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect, which is one of the key rationales for developing tumor-targeted drug delivery systems. Vessel abnormality and heterogeneity, however, which typically result from excessive pro-angiogenic signaling, can also hinder efficient drug delivery to and into tumors. Using histidine-rich glycoprotein (HRG) knockout and wild type mice, and HRG-overexpressing and normal t241 fibrosarcoma cells, we evaluated the effect of genetically induced and macrophage-mediated vascular normalization on the tumor accumulation and penetration of 10-20 nm-sized polymeric drug carriers based on poly(N-(2-hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide). Multimodal and multiscale optical imaging was employed to show that normalizing the tumor vasculature improves the accumulation of fluorophore-labeled polymers in tumors, and promotes their penetration out of tumor blood vessels deep into the interstitium.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell Line, TumorDrug CarriersDrug Delivery SystemsHistidine-Rich GlycoproteinMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutNeoplasmsPermeabilityPolymethacrylic AcidsProteinsTissue DistributionUp-RegulationDrug CarriersDuxonHistidine-Rich GlycoproteinPolymethacrylic AcidsProteinsDrug deliveryEPRHRGNanomedicinepHPMATumor targetingVascular normalization

Identifiers

PMID29730154
PMCPMC6130770
OpenAlexW2802690679

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